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§ The Lord ChancellorMy Lords, I beg to introduce a Bill to make provision about the secret intelligence service and the government communications head-quarters, including provision for the issue of warrants and authorisations enabling certain actions to be taken and for the issue of such warrants and authorisations to be kept under review; to make further provision about 137 warrants issued on applications by the security service; to establish a procedure for the investigation of complaints about the secret intelligence service and the government communications headquarters; to make provision for the establishment of an Intelligence and Security Committee to scrutinise all three of those bodies; and for connected purposes. I beg to move that this Bill be now read a first time.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read a first time.—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Bill read a first time, and to be printed.